Drafted by Cowboys Cowboys Select Jay Toia, DT UCLA

[stinkface]

Well looks like the Cowboys finally decided to draft for girth over rushing the passer.

About time. We have needed a space eater for years.

 

[ak47kaehu]

Poly power hopefully

 

[Vintage]

Love this draft. Screw the Commies who don’t think it was solid.

 

[MikeT22]

Those Samoans are usually tough. Or Tongan maybe. Whatever he is a south Polynesian kid. They are usually tough.

Unless they are named Fehoko

 

[Buzzbait]

We finally got us a DT!! Bout time. That dude looks like he's 400 pounds!! LOL

I like that we built up the trenches with this draft! Finally!

 

[Johannes44]

Feed this dude fried chicken and ice cream every day. We need a monster that can't be moved off the line. We have never had a true monster. He will be a 2 down player most likely. The Big Nasty.

Hey as long as the rush defense isn't going to cause fans to bury their heads in their hands.

 

[stiletto]

This fatty will probably upgrade Mazi from the jump and that's sad.

 

[Ekspozed]

Really like this pick and draft as a whole

 

[links18]

Random fat guy, yay!

 

[TequilaCowboy]

Hope he doesn't get cut in training camp.

Who has the guts to tell him?

 

[TequilaCowboy]

Dallas better not tell him to lose 30 lbs.

 

[manster4ever]

Those Samoans are usually tough. Or Tongan maybe. Whatever he is a south Polynesian kid. They are usually tough.

Agree....no doubt they make hard azzed football players, which is why Bill Walsh always said they were special. He's a developmental guy but does need to shed a lil' weight....probably about 15 lbs.

 

[Ironicalicon]

Who has the guts to tell him?

Equipment manager

 

[nalam]

Looks like the run stopper we wanted

 

[Blast From The Past]

We do this just about every year. Last year it was Justin Rogers (round 7). The year before it was Mazi Smith (round 1). Two years before him was John Ridgeway III (round 5) and the year before him was Quinton Bohanna (round 6). And both of the two years before him were Gallimore/Hill before we stared going the nose tackle route. Point being, we clearly suck at drafting nose tackles. Hopefully this guy is different but I'd be shocked if he's any good.

Diamond in the rough possibly. Cheer up.

 

[Pass2Run]

I thought we were bringing back Zeke to play NT.

Back up center.

 

[Pass2Run]

Diamond in the rough possibly. Cheer up.

If nothing else, there's always Jonathan Hankins...or another FA. We have oodles of cap space.

Apparently, the Cowboys didn't want to settle on needs, which I for one am thankful for. We just needed good players to compete against good teams.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Anybody have a good read on this defensive tackle I mean I don't know who he is but he looks big that's for damn sure he looks like a straight up nose tackle pure nose tackle..

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Overview​

Three-year starter with the build and mentality to play nose tackle in odd or even fronts. Toia carries a girthy base and is heavy into first contact. He has the power to give good resistance against all forms of blocks that come his way but a lack of length makes him more of a space eater than a block beater. He pummels single-block protection with violent club moves for sporadic pressures but is unlikely to get home. He’ll need to improve his block recognition and fine-tune his take-on to be his best version of a two-down run defender.

Strengths​

• Brings nose tackle thickness to the field.
• Good aggression and effort level on each snap.
• Battles double-teams with a wide base and strong back leg.
• Drive power to penetrate the line versus finesse blocks.
• Opens rush edge with violent slaps and club moves.

Weaknesses​

• Average hand quickness getting into first contact.
• Lack of length allows blocks to crowd his chest.
• Could struggle with shed quickness as an NFL two-gapper.
• Unlikely to maintain gap integrity against stretch plays.
• Tethered to his starting point, limiting his production.

sounds like a PS candidate.

 

[Texas_Pete]